How Fast Do They Spend It?

Scroll down to the bottom center of the page and you’ll find the Empire Center’s “$pend-o-meter,” something like those population clocks.Â This one uses the approved state budget of $120.9 billion to tick off the theoretical spending.

SoÂ far,Â less than three full days into the fiscal year, we’re atÂ more than $832 million.Â That’s not a misprint. If the spending is divided evenly over a year, it works out to about: